07-01-2014, 12:48 AM
Often I read a poem two or three times and nothing useful to say comes to mind. As each poem is bumped up with each critique I reread it and the new critique.
Sometimes more than one critique will suggest a change to a line that I've grown to love, which pushes me to post and let the poet know. Sometime a line or word that has come to bother me is ignored by other posters, which pushes me to post and let the poet know.
I then go back and reread the poem trying to put the other critiques aside, reading with my own point of view and adding notes.
I'm posting this because this method may work for someone else, and as a reminder that even though others before you may have gone over the poem with a fine-toothed comb, each critique is valuable and worth posting.
Sometimes more than one critique will suggest a change to a line that I've grown to love, which pushes me to post and let the poet know. Sometime a line or word that has come to bother me is ignored by other posters, which pushes me to post and let the poet know.
I then go back and reread the poem trying to put the other critiques aside, reading with my own point of view and adding notes.
I'm posting this because this method may work for someone else, and as a reminder that even though others before you may have gone over the poem with a fine-toothed comb, each critique is valuable and worth posting.
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